The Art of Character Voice Acting

Overview

Explore the craft of character voice acting in this practical, playful voiceover class led by Jake Bazel, whose credits include Sesame Street, Disney, The Jim Henson Company, Nickelodeon, Apple TV+, Muppets Studio, and Audible. Jake starred as Winnie the Pooh in the New York and London premieres of Disney’s Winnie the Pooh: The New Musical Stage Adaptation and serves as an animation voice director and coach for Edge Studio in New York City.

Through guided exercises, script work, and mock auditions using real animation sides, students will learn how to bring characters to life behind the mic – from creating memorable character voices, to navigating script analysis, to building strong reads full of clear, dynamic choices.

Designed for actors, singers, performers, and curious beginners, this class offers a supportive way to build confidence, embrace spontaneity, expand range, and bring more imagination, precision, and play to voice work for animation, video games, scripted podcasts, narration, commercials, and auditions. Jake’s students have gone on to work with Disney, NBCUniversal, Sesame Workshop, Penguin Random House, Wondery, LEGO, and more.

 “If you're interested in character work and animation voice acting, Jake is an AMAZING coach and director. He gave me more confidence auditioning with a combination of personalized lessons and memorable tools. I got a callback for a series on my first audition after working with him!"

– Kathleen Kim

Class Syllabus